Carriageworks Autumn 2010 by Elise Roberts

September â&#x20AC;&#x201C; December 2010 Box Office: 0113 224 3801 www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk

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Welcome to The Carriageworks This season The Carriageworks celebrates its fifth anniversary. Wow! And you can help us mark the special day by coming to our Big Birthday Bash at the theatre on Thursday 11 November from 5.30pm. There’ll be performances, music, and some very special surprises. There’s no need to book – just turn up. To mark the occasion we’ve also had a brochure re-design – there are now different sections for different kinds of show, making it easier for you to find what you’re interested in. Family pg 3 – 7

Leeds Civic Arts Guild pg 21 – 25 Plenty of fun for children and their adults in the autumn, including Twinkle Twonkle (26 Sept) and Night Pirates (26 Oct). Don’t forget to dress up! Plus – it’s panto season. See pages 6 and 7.

Performance pg 8 – 18

Drama, musicals and a bit of something for everyone from the wonderful amateur companies who regularly perform at The Carriageworks.

Participatory Arts pg 26 – 29

The Freshly Picked season showcases the best in physical and visual theatre from across the UK, including spectacular new show The Mill (30 Oct) from Ockham’s Razor.

We’re currently recruiting for our new year-long Theatre Academy for children aged 10 – 16. See page 29 for details. Plus On Stage Theatre Arts Academy, World Mental Health Day and much more.

Look out for the special symbol:

Comedy pg 19 – 20 Gags-a-plenty, with top name stars including Robin Ince (8 Sept), Dr Phil Hammond (15 Sept), Mitch Benn (9 Oct) and Tommy Tiernan (24 Oct).

Tall Stories presents

We look forward to seeing you soon. Martin McInulty General Manager

Disabled parking available on Cookridge Street alongside Leeds City Museum. Children welcome. For more info see page 33. Details correct at time of print.

‘Irresistibly charming.’ The Times on The Gruffalo

‘A truly theatrical feast.’ The List on Room on the Broom

Illustration by Chris Riddell

How I wonder what you are... Stella loves the stars. Every evening she gazes at them through her telescope. But one night her little brother Ryan wishes on a star, extends the telescope all the way and starts climbing up it. Stella follows him. But something is wrong in the night sky. There’s Pegasus the flying horse – but there’s also a cow jumping over the moon. And the Great Bear and the Little Bear have been joined by a medium-sized bear...

Tall Stories, the company that brought you The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom, presents its latest show. Inspired by nursery rhymes and the Big Bang the company use stories, music and the mystery of space to lift you up, up and away... The development and initial tour of Twinkle Twonkle is funded by Arts Council England, with additional schools touring funding from John Lyon’s Charity.

Sun 26 September

Main Auditorium: 12 noon & 3pm Tickets: £9, £7 (concessions £1 off) Family Ticket: £30 Suitable for ages 3 years+ and their families

Family Leeds International Concert Season presents

Michael Haywood & Laura Grime

Box Office: 0113 224 3801 Look out for more shows and activities during Half Term. See website for details.

Join Michael Haywood and Laura Grime to discover the world of Scottish Folk Music performed in kilts on a multitude of instruments, including whistles, fiddle, clarinet, saxophone and piano! In addition to a selection of traditional Scottish music their programme also includes self-composed works, a Highland Fling, and opportunities for audience participation. This performance will be an engaging, enjoyable and educational experience for young children and their families, providing a unique insight into Scottish folk music.

Family

www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk Theatre Hullabaloo in partnership with The Egg presents

The Night Pirates Inspired by the book by Peter Harris and Deborah Allwright The Night Pirates is presented with kind permission from Egmont Publishing

Sun 3 October

Main Auditorium: 3pm Tickets: £6 (£4 concessions) Suitable for ages 3 years+ and their families

Night Pirates

Objects Dart presents

Leeds International Concert Season presents

Stories on a Shoestring

Leeds Lieder

Using everyday objects such as buckets, umbrellas, rags and pegs, puppeteer Drew Colby creates inspiring little puppets before your very eyes that can run and jump and dance and go on all kinds of adventures. Featuring specially created music (made with the objects themselves), Stories on a Shoestring is full of action, simple narrative and clever use of objects.

Wed 27 October

upstairs@thecarriageworks: 12 noon Tickets: £8 (£6 concessions) Family Ticket: £24 Suitable for all ages Free workshops available following the show. Please book at the Box Office.

Following last season’s extremely well received concert from Leeds Lieder+ we are delighted to present another fun-filled family concert of song especially for children aged three upwards and their families. There will be plenty of audience participation and opportunities for a sing-along.

Sun 7 November

Main Auditorium: 3pm Tickets: £6 (£4 concessions) Suitable for ages 3 years+ and their families

Don’t forget: Thur 28 October

The Clean (as possible) Comedy Show Hosted by Tony Vino Top comedians from the UK comedy circuit clean up their act. See page 20.

Fancy Dress Competition

Dress as a pirate, bring your eye-patch or telescope along to the performance and get a prize!

A fantastical moonlit adventure with puppets and pirates. When dark shadows come stealing down Tom’s bedroom walls he thinks it might be monsters or ogres or trolls. But Tom’s not afraid, for he’s a brave little boy. So he peeps out of the window and what should he see but pirates. Stranger still they’re girl pirates, stealing the front of his house! Tom joins the girl pirates on their daring adventure across the high seas to an island where Captain Patch and his really rough, tough grown-up pirates are guarding their treasure.

Can Tom and his new friends outwit the snoozing, snoring pirates and steal their booty? Puppets, song and ballet-dancing pirates combine in this delightful adaptation of the much loved picture. www.theatrehullabaloo.org.uk

Tues 26 October

Main Auditorium: 11.30am & 2pm Tickets: £9, £7 (concessions £1 off) Family Ticket: £30 Suitable for ages 3 years+ and their families

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Fri 3 December 2010 – Sat 8 January 2011

A girl changes from rags to a stunning ball gown with the wave of a fairy godmother’s wand. A pumpkin magically transforms into a glittering new coach and mice turn into white horses. With glass slippers and a spell that breaks when the clock chimes midnight, it can only mean one thing… Cinderella and her sparkling carriage are waiting to transport audiences to The Carriageworks for a magical fairytale pantomime that promises to be completely charming!

Paul Holman Associates presents

Green Performances Adults: £14.50 & £13 Concessions: £13 & £11.50 Level 3 Side Balconies: £9 Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children): £46 Groups 10+: £11 Groups 20+: £11 + every 11th ticket free

Gold Performances

Keith Paddington Richards Musical Director

Family

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Adults: £15 & £13.50 Concessions: £13.50 & £12 Level 3 Side Balconies: £9.50 Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children): £48 Groups 10+: £11 Groups 20+: £11 + every 11th ticket free

Red Performances All seats: £9.50 Level 3 Side Balconies: £8.50

Saver & Schools Performances All seats: £7.50 Every 11th ticket free for teachers

Cinderella Schools’ Competition

Make your own costume for Cinderella and win a class ticket to the show. The winning entries will also be displayed in The City Museum as part of the Heroes and Heroines exhibition. The dress should be about 50cm in length and using any materials you chose. Send us your entries by the 31 October 2010. Email carriageworks@leeds.gov.uk for more details.

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Performance

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www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk Act ONE presents

Doublecross A dark comedy about the double lives people are forced to live in a harsh but often hilarious modern world. The show follows ten characters, played by four actors, on a chain of sexual and emotional betrayal that every so often threatens to snap – unless the characters snap first. Will they end up top of the hill or bottom of the heap?

Fri 17 & Sat 18 September

upstairs@thecarriageworks: 7.15pm Tickets: £9 (£7 concessions) Not suitable for children

Crushed Arts presents

Tiny House Productions presents

This Way Up Productions presents

The Dinosaur Show

Romeo & Juliet

Hitch

The Dinosaur Show is about all we want to leave behind. Inspired by an argument in Bath and a museum about a prehistoric age, this is a performance about epitaph and memory, faith and uncertainty. Together the company articulate their desires, hopes and ambitions for the moment when the meteor strikes, the fatigue sets in and all that’s left of them is a distant memory.

By William Shakespeare

By Samuel Payne

One of Shakespeare’s most thrilling and popular plays, Romeo & Juliet confronts each new generation with its passion and force. Two young people fall in love and marry. But in a divided city their union is threatened by a bloody family feud. Shakespeare vividly captures the beauty, intimacy and fragility of young love in a hostile world. Tiny House present an abridged version of the text, accessible to all.

“This is my final chance, you know...” When Joseph is hired by Alfred Hitchcock to write his next great movie, the young writer can’t believe his luck. But a new beginning soon turns into a dead end from which there is no return. Moving and funny, Hitch is based on a true story.

‘Really fantastic stuff.’ The BBC on Crushed Arts

Mon 13 – Wed 15 September upstairs@thecarriageworks: 7.45pm Tickets: £9 (£7 concessions)

Fri 17 & Sat 18 September Main Auditorium: 7.30pm Tickets: £10 (£8.50 concessions)

Produced in association with Brendon Twins

Thur 23 – Sat 25 September upstairs@thecarriageworks: 7.45pm Tickets: £9 (£7 concessions)

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Performance

Red Ladder presents

By Emma Adams

‘A gorgeous hour full of gentle quirks and affectionate oddities.’ bbbbb Metro

Ugly is not pretty but seeing it might just change your life... Set in a future world, the show tells the tale of four people who will have to kill their angels and become more like their devils if they are going to survive. Emotional, intense and visceral, this play breaks rules. It will also break your heart.

‘Nothing is forgotten after viewing this fantastically dark production.’ bbbbThree Weeks Tues 28 September

Main Auditorium: 7.30pm Tickets: £11, £9 (concessions £2 off) Unsuitable for under 15s – contains strong language and references of a sexual nature For accompanying workshop, please see website

Jonathan Storey presents

Little Bulb Theatre presents

Jack Pratchard

Crocosmia

The tale of a man who dies and discovers just what is on the other side of life. A charming and strange new story, told through paper theatre. With his rickety ‘machine’ and beautifully coloured cardboard scenes and characters, Jonathan Storey presents a world like an animated painting.

Can a vivid imagination be a substitute for real loss? In a family that is shrinking and a world that is growing bigger, three precocious children attempt to carve out a unique space for themselves and the memory of their parents. An explosion of fast-paced, visual storytelling following the Brackenberg siblings and their attempts to make sense of the world through cake puppetry, romantic slide shows, and ingenious bulb experiments, all backed by their parents’ vintage record collection.

‘The most wonderful cross between an incredibly beautiful piece of artwork, a dark fairytale and a feat of miniature engineering... I would recommend it to anyone.’ Ellie Jones, Southwark Playhouse ‘A brilliant feat of storytelling.’ London Theatre Blog

Fri 1 October

upstairs@thecarriageworks: 7.45pm Tickets: £9 (£7 concessions) Suitable for all the family

Fringe First Award: Winner Total Theatre Award: Winner Arches Brick Award: Winner

Tues 5 October

upstairs@thecarriageworks: 7.45pm Tickets: £9 (£7 concessions)

Performance Tmesis Theatre in association with the Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse present

The Dreadful Hours Directed by Javier Marzan (Peepolykus) Script by Chris Fittock

Energised, ambitious, and intoxicated with a perfect summer of technicolour love, they feel extraordinary, and long to have the world at their feet. But what happens when the summer ends? When an hour’s dinner can seem like years, yet years seem to pass in a heartbeat? This is a darkly comic drama that explores the quiet crumbling of love’s first flourish through the lifetime of one couple’s relationship.

‘An exciting and thought-provoking piece of theatre.’ Liverpool Daily Post Wed 6 October

Main Auditorium: 7.30pm Tickets: £13, £11 (concessions £2 off)

Box Office: 0113 224 3801 Angel Exit presents

Leeds City Council presents

Moonfleet

Light Night

A straggling gang of buffoons are washed up among the flotsam onto Dorset’s wild shores and conspire to tell J Meade Falkner’s classic smuggling adventure, Moonfleet. Angel Exit’s new show weaves together striking physicality, puppetry and live shanty singing to tell a dastardly tale of smugglers, shipwrecks and hidden treasure.

The Carriageworks will once again be at the heart of activities for Light Night in 2010 – Leeds’ onenight, all-night, city-centre wide celebration of all that is great about creative activity and the arts in our area. Events at the theatre include two performances of DISGO, an immersive event in which the audience enjoys close interaction with the dance. The show is performed to a specially commissioned

‘There is so much vivid theatricality and inventiveness at work here that i am already looking forward to Angel Exit’s next show.’ Guardian

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score by Glyn Perrin (Richard Alston, Shobana Jeyasingh) and a bold, immersive design by critically acclaimed visual artist Sam Collins (Bird Song, Siobhan Davies Dance). From 5.30pm onwards Tripping the Light Pramtastic provides a total sensory experience for babies and toddlers up to 2 years old. Turn up at any time. The evening will also feature 140 Weston Road, a performance by The Carriageworks Theatre Academy outside on Millennium Square. www.lightnightleeds.co.uk

Fri 8 October Whole Venue FREE

Thur 7 October

Main Auditorium: 7.30pm Tickets: £11, £9 (concessions £2 off) Schools workshops available. Please see www.angelexit.co.uk

Angus and Ross Theatre Company presents

Up Frankie! By Stuart Fortey

Frankie Howerd has been thrown out of heaven. As he bemoans his fate, dressed in robes and halo, he reveals what made him tick, what took him up and what brought him down. Most extraordinarily of all, he tells how his hesitations, his oohs and ahhs, his no, nos! were all carefully written and not ad-libs at all. So how much freedom and how much control did he really have in his act? The man who once wanted to be a saint battles for his soul with God and throws in some glorious oneliners and a lot of cheeky innuendo along the way. Up Frankie! is a fun-and-frolics romp through the life of one of Britain’s most revered comedians.

Tues 19 & Wed 20 October

upstairs@thecarriageworks: 7.45pm Tickets: £10 (£9 concessions)

Babies welcome for Tripping the Light Pramtastic

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Wattle & Daub Figure Theatre presents

Triptych Three stories about love, loss and letting go. A small, lonely figure is lured by the elusive and dangerous promise of flight; a witch within the heart of a tree demands a Faustian bargain for safe passage through her forest; and the oldest man in the world stumbles into a Paris jazz club just in time to share one last dance. Created in collaboration with T S Eliot award-winning poet Philip Gross and with an original score featuring a four-piece jazz combo, Triptych fuses innovative storytelling with a distinctive combination of visual theatre, puppetry and masks.

Ockham’s Razor presents

The Mill Directed by Toby Sedgwick (Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer for the National Theatre production War Horse)

Dramaturgy by Rufus Norris

Thur 21 & Fri 22 October

upstairs@thecarriageworks: 8pm Tickets: £9 (£7 concessions)

Pink Lady Productions presents

Jenny Lawson presents

Midget Gems

Good Enough to Eat

More sweets and treats pulled straight from the jar. Dip into another mixed bag of short theatrical gems from the region’s best new writing talent. A toothsome mix of soft and hard centres to get your teeth into; entertaining, moving and truthful.

When I was 19 I stopped eating food and started watching it instead... After a lifetime on the stage, Jenny (a selfconfessed neurotic obsessive food lover), has finally decided to pack it all in and become a celebrity chef. This is her live opening night special. Busby Berkley meets Nigella in a spectacular array of culinary delights served up with brutal honesty. There will be demonstrations, there will be confessions, there will be dancing girls and highs and lows. It’s a televisual feast...

Sat 23 October

upstairs@thecarriageworks: 7.45pm Tickets: £6 (£5 concessions) Not suitable for children

Thur 4 November

upstairs@thecarriageworks: 7.45pm Tickets: £9 (£7 concessions) Performance supported by Emerge Festival

(Evening Standard Award for Best Director)

Ockham’s Razor, the critically acclaimed aerial ‘A terrifically imaginative and original theatre company who specialise in creating show, something really special.’ Guardian physical theatre on new pieces of aerial equipment, return with hit show The Mill. ‘Physically thrilling.’ Experience the sweat, grind and grit of physical Sunday Times work in a wheel of wood and steel which is ‘Dazzling airborne routines.’ powered by the performers and suspended in Telegraph the air. In The Mill a seemingly small decision or action can gather momentum and impetus beyond your control, snowballing until you find yourself running like mad to power the treadmill, Sat 30 October whilst someone else is riding it like a ferris wheel. Main Auditorium: 7.30pm Tickets: £13, £11 (concessions £2 off)

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Performance

Finger in the Pie presents

Clap Trap Productions presents

Icabod Theatre presents

The Wreckers

Demeter

A new play by Tom Needham

A strange cargo, an unexpected passenger, a violent wreck, and an enduring mystery. “It is very clear Miss Brown that the crew were frightened of something and that something was very real...” When a ship is wrecked in mysterious circumstances a gruesome discovery on board gives rise to two conflicting theories about what happened during the last ill-fated voyage of the Demeter. Inspired by myth, superstition, historical fact and Gothic fiction, this new play by Halifaxbased writer Berni Bertola was developed through the Icabod D-Visions project.

(TV credits include Cold Blood and Silent Witness)

Two couples and a baby come to stay in a remote cottage with a dark history... It was built from the timber of a ship lured onto the rocks by wreckers and is haunted by the child who was drowned that night. She’s been waiting over a hundred and fifty years for her revenge. And now, finally, the time has come.

Fri 5 November

upstairs@thecarriageworks: 7.45pm Tickets: £9 (£7 concessions)

Tues 9 & Wed 10 November upstairs@thecarriageworks: 8pm Tickets: £9 (£7 concessions)

Sweeney Todd His Life, Times & Execution

Supported by

Roll-up, roll-up, and witness a brand new, ‘We fell head over heels for this show... fiendishly funny adaptation of Sweeney Todd. dark, funny and aesthetically stunning... see it if you can.’ Meet the monstrous murderer, hear his terrible Time Out Critic’s Choice tale, then watch him hang horribly for his grisly, ghastly and gruesome crimes. ‘This is a Sweeney unlike any other... A deliciously depraved black comedy of slapstick spectacular fun... a treat to be relished. humour, clowning, grotesque characters, I absolutely loved it.’ bbbbb physical storytelling, live cabaret music and Onstage Scotland puppetry. Dare you miss it? Total Theatre Award: Nomination www.fingerinthepie.com/sweeney

Wed 10 November

Main Auditorium: 7.30pm Tickets: £11, £9 (concessions £2 off)

Performance

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Comedy

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The Carriageworks presents

Emerge Double Bill An evening of new work by emerging theatre makers. Following the Emerge Festival in June, The Carriageworks has been working with local artists to help develop their shows. This special showcase will allow you to experience some of the finest new talent in the region. Keep checking the website for the full line-up.

Sat 13 November

upstairs@the carriageworks: 7.45pm Tickets: £6 (£5 concessions)

Script Yorkshire presents

Hotbuckle Productions presents

Script Night

Ballad of a Bird

Some of the region’s finest script writers present world premieres of original scripts. Well established writers rub shoulders with brand new voices, all of them stretching the boundaries of what is possible in writing for the theatre. This will be a script in hand performance.

What happens when a girl’s dreams turn into a nightmare and all her pies are gone? Funny, sad and heart-warming, this is a charmingly witty fairytale for adults by Adrian Preater. This is a story about a young woodland girl’s first venture alone into the big centre.

Thur 18 November

upstairs@thecarriageworks: 7.45pm Tickets: £9, £7

Joshua A madcap, absurd journey through the final hours of a condemned man... and his duck. What is his crime? He has no idea. All he knows is that his ex-wife was in charge of the prosecution at his trial and his duck has no sympathy.

Wed 17 November

upstairs@the carriageworks: 7.45pm Tickets: £6 (£5 concessions)

Fri 19 November

upstairs@thecarriageworks: 7.45pm Tickets: £9 (£7 concessions)

Jon Briley at Best Medicine Management presents

Robin Ince’s Bad Book Club Robin Ince – curator of Nine Lessons And Carols For Godless People, co-creator of Radio 4’s Infinite Monkey Cage and stand-up comedy trailblazer – is back with a brand new show. Combining his twin passions, science and bad literature, the Bad Book Club clashes Cliff Richard biographies with evolutionary biology, Dutch astrology with books on how to pick up sexy girls, and Spiders From Mars are explained away as a scientific impossibility.

‘Thoughtful, provocative and very funny.’ The Times

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Wed 8 September Main Auditorium: 8pm Tickets: £12

RBM presents

Dr Phil’s Rude Health Show If you only see one doctor this year, make it Dr Phil... Phil Hammond is a GP, writer, broadcaster and possibly the only comedian to have appeared at a public inquiry. He is Private Eye’s medical correspondent and has appeared on Have I Got News for You, The News Quiz, The Now Show, Countdown and The One Show. He is rude about everything (politicians, doctors, death, drugs and sex).

‘One of the most entertainingly subversive people on the planet.’ Guardian

Wed 15 September

Main Auditorium: 8pm Tickets: £14 (£12 concessions, including all NHS staff)

Comedy

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RBM presents

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live Ltd presents

Mitch Benn and the Distractions

Tommy Tiernan: Crooked Man

From BBC Radio 4’s Sony-nominated Now Show, BBC1’s The One Show and BBC1’s Watchdog, multi-award-winner Mitch Benn and his band take to the road in a twohour show packed with new songs and old favourites. Described by The Times as ‘the country’s leading musical satirist’, this is an evening of music and comedy for all ages.

Multi-award winning Irish superstar comic Tommy Tiernan is embarking on a long-awaited UK National tour. Fresh from his sell-out solo tour of Australia and New Zealand and his third appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman, Tiernan’s high intensity shows are not for the faint-hearted. Crooked Man is a no-holds-barred roller coaster ride as Tommy continues his relentless interrogation of the big ideas – sex, religion, family – all viewed through the lens of his own curious quirks, personal demons and indignant sense of outrage.

‘There’s probably no-one better at capturing the essence of a song or style and twisting it into a spoof.’ Chortle

Sat 9 October

Main Auditorium: 8pm Tickets: £13 (£11 concessions) Suitable for all ages

Sun 24 October

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Leeds Civic Arts Guild

Leeds Civic Arts Guild Leeds Civic Arts Guild is an association of various amateur drama, music and opera companies who perform regularly at The Carriageworks. The following pages include some of the fantastic shows coming up from the Guild societies this season. There’s something for everyone, from spectacular musicals to classic drama. Which will you be seeing? Leeds Civic Arts Guild has a growing membership and you can take part too! Everyone is welcome, from old hands to complete novices. This might be the opportunity you’ve always wanted to tread the boards and become the star of the show. Or you could experience the thrill of being backstage by getting involved in lighting, sound and set building. For more information or to join up, email enquiries@lcag.org.uk or visit www.lcag.org.uk. Look out for the Annual Guild Awards on Saturday 4 September in the Main Auditorium.

Main Auditorium: 8pm Tickets: £16 Suitable for ages 18+

LIDOS presents

That’s Entertainment Sparkling entertainment for all the family. That’s Entertainment is a musical extravaganza packed with classics from your favourite shows, old and new. A talented cast of adults and children perform songs from Hairspray, Annie, Chicago, Godspell, Rent and many more. There’s something for everyone in this all-singing, all-dancing spectacular.

Just Fair Laughs presents

Hosted by Tony Vino Top comedians from the UK comedy circuit clean up their act. For the line-up please see www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk.

Thur 28 October

upstairs@thecarriageworks: 7.30pm Tickets: £8, £5 Suitable for ages 12+

Wed 22 – Sat 25 September

Main Auditorium: 7.30pm, Sat matinee 2pm Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions)

Leeds Civic Arts Guild

Box Office: 0113 224 3801

Leeds Art Theatre presents

Cosmopolitan Players presents

Breeze Block Park

Cranford

By Willy Russell

By Martyn Coleman Adapted from the novel by Mrs Gaskell

‘Superior’ council house dwellers Betty, Reeny and Vera and their men regard themselves as a close-knit family team. But underneath the surface of their Christmas cheer are jealousies, recriminations – and a secret. As the alcohol flows tongues loosen, and the family is threatened with being torn apart. An amateur production in association with Samuel French Ltd

Wed 13 – Sat 16 October

upstairs@thecarriageworks: 7.45pm Tickets: £9 (£7.50 concessions)

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Leeds Civic Arts Guild

This classic comedy follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of 1840s Cranford. The witty and poignant story invites the audience into the middle-class lives of the town’s single and widowed female inhabitants – and their obsession with propriety and maintaining the appearance of gentility. An amateur production in association with Samuel French Ltd

Thur 14 – Sat 16 October

Main Auditorium: 7.30pm, Sat matinee 2pm Tickets: £10 (£8 concessions)

Leeds Arts Centre presents

Limelight Drama Group presents

Road

Ding Dong

One road in a northern town in the 1980s, devastated by unemployment. Scullery, booze soaked master of the revels, takes a poignant and bawdy tour of the place and its people with their hope, their despair, their honesty and their wild humour. This cult classic was the first play written by Jim Cartwright, author of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. Its production in 1987 was a landmark in the career of post-punk icon, Ian Dury. Contains adult themes and very strong language.

By Tudor Gates Adapted for the English stage from Marc Camoletti’s play Sexe et Jalousie

Bernard discovers that his wife is having an affair with Robert. So he invites Robert and his wife to dinner. Add in a put-upon maid and a call-girl and the stage is set for a whirlwind comedy of marriage and complications galore. An amateur production in association with Samuel French Ltd

An amateur production in association with Samuel French Ltd

Wed 20 – Sat 23 October Main Auditorium: 7.30pm Tickets: £10 (£7 concessions)

Wed 3, Thur 4 & Sat 6 November

Main Auditorium: 7.30pm Tickets: £10 (£7 concessions – no concessions Sat)

Leeds Civic Arts Guild Leeds Children’s Theatre presents

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass By Lewis Carroll Dramatised by Clemence Dane

The first act tells of Alice’s adventures in Wonderland, of the people she meets there, including the White Rabbit, Mad Hatter and March Hare, and of her escape into the Looking Glass Land of the second act, where she finds the rest of Lewis Carroll’s well-loved characters. An amateur production in association with Samuel French Ltd

Tues 16, Wed 17, Fri 19 & Sat 20 November

Main Auditorium: 7pm, Sat matinee 2pm Tickets: £8 (£6 concessions)

Box Office: 0113 224 3801

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Forthcoming Productions

Leeds Civic Arts Guild

Look out for these shows coming soon.

Leeds Civic Arts Guild is an association of various amateur drama, music and operatic companies who perform regularly at The Carriageworks. The Civic Arts Guild hold a ‘New Members Evening’ every second Tuesday of the month at 8pm in the Level 2 Bar. Feel free to come along and join us.

See www.lcag.org.uk for more details.

Thur 13 – Sat 22 January 2011 LIDOS presents

Jack & The Beanstalk Wed 26 – Sat 29 January 2011 Leeds Arts Centre presents

Kissing Sid James Wed 16 – Sat 19 February 2011 Leeds Youth Opera presents

Street Scene

Wed 16 – Sat 19 February 2011 Cosmopolitan Players presents

St Mary’s Youth Theatre presents

Ladies’ Day

Our House

Wed 2 – Sat 5 March 2011

Book by Tim Firth Music and Lyrics by Madness

The Opposite Sex

A summer’s evening in North London. The night of Joe’s sixteenth birthday. The night he commits a crime to impress the girl he loves. When the police arrive Joe is faced with a choice – stay or run. Our House follows the two courses his life can take from that moment. Will he face the music or bunk the law? This fantastic romantic comedy features songs from the band Madness, taking its name from one of their most popular hit singles. An amateur production by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd

Wed 24 – Sat 27 November Main Auditorium: 7.30pm Tickets: £10 (£7 concessions)

Leeds Civic Arts Guild

Limelight presents

Sun 6 – Sat 19 March 2011

Leeds Gilbert & Sullivan Society presents

Yeoman of the Guard Wed 20 – Sat 23 April 2011 Leeds Arts Centre presents

The Country Wife

1 Cosmopolitan Players 1 Leeds Amateur Operatic Society 1 Leeds Arts Centre 1 Leeds Art Theatre in partnership with Spotlight Theatre Company 1 Leeds Children’s Theatre 1 Leeds Gilbert & Sullivan Society 1 Leeds Insurance Dramatic & Operatic Society (LIDOS) 1 Leeds Writers’ Circle 1 Leeds Youth Opera 1 Limelight Drama Group 1 Morley Amateur Operatic Society 1 Pandemonium Drama Company 1 Shatterproof 1 S.T.A.R.S 1 St Mary’s Youth Theatre 1 West Riding Opera

Participatory Arts

Box Office: 0113 224 3801

www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk

Participatory Arts

Participatory Arts The Carriageworks regularly opens its doors to participatory arts activities from across Leeds. All of the groups involved offer great opportunities for people to have a go and get involved in a whole range of creative experiences.

Heritage Open Day

Sun 12 September Treasure hunts, family activities and backstage tours. Book tours at Box Office

Black History Month

Sun 17 October Daytime events for the whole family.

Regular Classes For more information visit www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk or email carriageworks@leeds.gov.uk. (Classes are not run by The Carriageworks and are the responsibility of the respective groups.)

Drama Workshop

with One in Four Theatre Company Mondays, Room 4: 5.15pm – 7.15pm

Belly Dancing Classes

with Sabrina Owen Thursdays, Room 4: 6pm – 7pm

Make your pledge of support www.time-to-change.org.uk

The Northcall Players presents

On Stage Theatre Arts Academy presents

The Haunting of Willie Pincher: A Victorian Tale

Babes in the Wood

By Janet Pike

An original play performed by a local community group. Suspense, intrigue, humour and song all contribute to a production that aiming to provide pure entertainment for the whole family.

Lindy Hop Jive Class Fridays, Room 1 7pm – 10.15pm

A traditional family pantomime from the pen of Chris Fox, who for thirteen years presented professional pantomime in Leeds, gaining the title of Leeds’ favourite pantomime Dame. Telling the story of two children who are kidnapped by the evil sheriff and rescued by Robin Hood, this is a show packed with comedy, glamour and song, as well as lots of audience participation. Features special guest star Dave Peters as Nurse Martha and a cast of pantomime favourites, joining the students of On Stage Theatre Arts Academy.

On Stage Theatre Arts Academy

Musical Theatre Classes Saturdays, Room 2: 1pm – 4pm Room 3: 2pm – 4pm

Tues 21 & Wed 22 September upstairs@thecarriageworks: 7.45pm Tickets: £6 (£3 concessions)

Fri 1 & Sat 2 October

Main Auditorium: 7pm, Sat matinee 2pm Tickets: £12, £9 (£10, £8 concessions)

World Mental Health Day To mark World Mental Health Day 2010, The Carriageworks is partnering with key mental health organisations, professionals and service users to present a special event responding to the Time to Change campaign. Accessible to all, the day focuses on the theme ‘who am I?’ and features a full programme of performances, participatory arts, workshops, arts therapies and music to explore, celebrate and profile issues around mental health in our community. Highlights include contribution from 1in4 Theatre Company presenting new piece Taking Care, along with a special workshop. Drop in for the whole day, or just one session.

Sat 9 October

Whole Venue: 12 noon – 6pm FREE

Participatory Arts

Box Office: 0113 224 3801

Theatre Academy

Shakespeare 4 Schools presents

Shakespeare Schools Festival “We are such stuff as dreams are made on...” Shakespeare Schools Festival (SSF) will be holding its 10th Anniversary Festival in Leeds in November. As the UK’s largest youth drama festival, SSF will also be in 80 other cities and towns giving 14,000 young people the chance to experience the genius of Shakespeare through performance. The Shakespeare Schools Festival works in partnership with the National Theatre and the National Youth Theatre who provide workshops to enable teachers and young people to produce accessible Shakespeare at its most innovative and entertaining. Four local schools stage four different half-hour plays each night. Details of participating schools and their performance night can be obtained from the Box Office.

Mon 8 & Tues 9 November Main Auditorium: 7pm Tickets: £7.50 (£5.50 concessions)

RAMA Productions presents

Chieftancy By Ernest Brew

“A village without a chief is like a tree without a tap root.” In the small village of LUWA, somewhere in Africa, the story of Chieftaincy is told. Through song, dance, drama, stilt walking and acrobatics this enchanting musical narrates the story of a young boy’s entitlement to his heritage.

Have you got what it takes to tread the boards? Then our Theatre Academy is for you. We are now recruiting for our second course, running from September 2010 to August 2011. Working with the nationally renowned Theatre Company Blah Blah Blah!, aspiring actors, directors and producers meet regularly during term time. Aimed at young people aged 10 – 16, the course will give you the chance to experience regular practitioner-led workshops, take part in two annual productions and perform at Leeds City Council’s Light Night. You will expand your performance skills, make new friends and gain a fresh understanding of the theatre industry. You will also have the chance to study for your Bronze Arts Award. To sign up please email carriageworks@leeds.gov.uk and we will send you an information pack and audition dates.

Sat 13 November Main Auditorium: 7pm Tickets: £7.50, £5

Schools, Groups & Young People

Art Exhibitions

Visual Art Exhibitions

Transport Don’t let the cost of transport stop you coming to the theatre. To help, we have partnered with Metro Buses to bring you a special deal.

Mon 6 September – Sat 2 October

MyBus, the yellow school bus from Metro, will pick you up and drive you back after the show. The bus holds up to 57 people, all with seatbelts, and the deal is just £150 all in – that’s as low as £2.64 per student. To book call Metro direct on 0113 348 1122 and quote ‘Carriageworks Private Hire Offer’. Terms and Conditions apply. Travel must be to and from Leeds City Council city centre venues. Cost of theatre ticket not included. Ticket deals are available via the central office.

Education Pack Don’t forget that our free education pack is available for primary schools throughout the year to help with your trip. A new Cinderella education pack is available now. Email: carriageworks@leeds.gov.uk

Free Family Activities in Libraries across Leeds Libraries are great fun for families so why not join one of our Family Clubs?

A Night Less Ordinary is an Arts Council England scheme, supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, to get more young people into theatres across the country. The scheme is currently winding down and will continue at the venue until 31 March 2011.

Alison Herbert Alison’s paintings are a fusion of colour and movement expressing music, sound, time, space and motion in visual form. They aim to explore the effects of art, colour and music on mood and emotional well-being.

For more information about the scheme visit www.anightlessordinary.org.uk

Family Fun Competitions 1 Make a 2D telescope and win a family ticket for Twinkle Twonkle. 1 Come dressed as a pirate to Night Pirates and gain free entry to the Heroes and Heroines Exhibition at Leeds City Museum. 1 Design and make a picture of Cinderella’s ball gown and win a family ticket to the show. The winning entries will be displayed in The Carriageworks throughout the pantomime. Coming up in half term 1 Stories on a Shoestring – puppet workshop. 1 Backstage Tours. For more information for all the above please visit www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk

Mon 4 – Sat 30 October Henshaws Arts & Crafts Centre presents

All Singing, All Dancing A group exhibition by art makers from Henshaws Arts & Crafts Centre, Knaresborough. A wonderful array of brand new work in a variety of media – from Morris dancers to jazz singers to Elvis and beyond! www.henshawsacc.org.uk

Mon 1 – Sat 27 November Michael J Oakes presents

We share stories, talk about books, play games, surf the internet and hold craft and art activities. Free Family Activities Family Clubs also host special events with at Leeds City Museum storytellers, authors and performers. They are suitable for families with children aged Rory’s Saturday Club provides free arts and crafts 0 – 8 years. activities for families. It takes place from 11am to 12.15pm every Saturday during term time. Family Clubs are held monthly – for more information contact 0113 247 6016. For further information email rory@leeds.gov.uk

Taking the Mystery out of the York Mystery Plays A storyboard showing York Settlement Community Players working on the 2010 Mystery Plays, from painting the sets, rehearsals and making the costumes to the actual performances around the streets of York. www.yorksettlement.org.uk www.michaeljoakes.com

Bar & Conferencing

General Information Children & Families In our ‘upstairs@thecarriageworks’ space, children may be invited to sit on tour mats so they can get closer to the action and improve their view and experience. • Baby changing facilities and child booster seats are available. • Children under one year old come free but will not be given a specified seat. • Prams cannot be taken into the auditorium. • Under 13s must be accompanied by an adult. The Carriageworks welcomes mothers who wish to breast-feed. Please feel free to do so throughout the building, but if you would prefer a private area then let a member of staff know and we will provide one if available.

To receive copies of the What’s On brochure by post, send your name and address to:

Three of the six meeting rooms are situated in the historic part of the old Carriageworks development. These meeting spaces reveal exposed brickwork and roof beams in keeping with the Victorian architecture whilst providing a light and airy studio feel.

Latecomers

Subject to Terms and Conditions.

For more information, or to arrange a viewing of the conference facilities at The Carriageworks, please contact 0113 395 2160 or 0113 395 2157. Alternatively, email enquiries to: carriageworks@leeds.gov.uk.

Lift access to all floors. Please discuss any access requirements with the Box Office staff when you make your booking.

Visually Impaired

In addition to the 349 seater Main Auditorium, a further six meeting rooms are available for workshops and meetings accommodating various numbers of delegates. All conference rooms provide AV equipment, air conditioning and support from Carriageworks staff, ensuring high standard customer service. Catering services are also available.

* Offer may only be redeemed once.

Wheelchair Access

To receive information on upcoming shows, offers and events, please email carriageworks@ leeds.gov.uk with ‘Subscribe to mailing list’ in the header field.

The Carriageworks Bar on Level 2 provides spectacular views overlooking Millennium Square. Enjoy a drink before the show, during the interval or after the curtain has fallen. To avoid queuing during the interval, orders may be placed before the show starts.

2 for 1 on all bottled beers

Join The Carriageworks Mailing List

Conferencing

Present your ticket for Ockham’s Razor’s The Mill at The Carriageworks bar on the night of the performance and get

The Carriageworks front of house staff will help make your visit as enjoyable as possible. If you need to make specific arrangements prior to your visit please contact us on 0113 247 4746.

This brochure is available in large print and tape by contacting The Carriageworks office: 0113 247 4746.

Bar

Special Offer

Access

City Centre Box Office The Carriageworks The Electric Press Millennium Square Leeds LS2 3AD Email: boxoffice@leeds.gov.uk

Please note that latecomers will be admitted during a suitable gap in the performance. Latecomers may not be admitted at all at the request of some visiting companies. In this case, no refunds will be available.

Guide Dogs are welcome and bowls of water supplied.

Hearing Enhancements

A hearing loop is available for both performance spaces. Please enquire at the Box Office when you arrive at the venue. A £5 returnable deposit is required.

Disabled Parking

A variety of street parking and secure car park options are available nearby with the nearest facilities including: • St John’s Shopping Centre (long stay) • The Light (long stay) There are also several disabled parking spaces on Cookridge Street, just around the corner from the entrance to The Carriageworks. We are registered with Disabled Go

How to Book & Seating

Diary

How to Book Tickets By Phone

Concessions & Group Discounts

0113 224 3801

Concessions generally available for LeedsCard holders, NUS card holders, the unwaged, under 16s and OAPs at the advertised concessionary Box office open: Monday – Saturday, 10am – 8pm and Sunday, 30 mins prior to performances. price. Please contact the Box Office for discounts Online on group bookings, school trips and visits with www.carriageworkstheatre.org.uk accompanying carers or social workers on 0113 224 3801.

In Person

See individual show listings for prices.

Go to the City Centre Box Office on the ground floor of The Carriageworks. Tickets are also available from Leeds Visitor Centre at Leeds City Station.

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JACK PRATCHARD BABES IN THE WOOD MICHAEL HAYWOOD & LAURA GRIME CROCOSMIA THE DREADFUL HOURS MOONFLEET LIGHT NIGHT MITCH BENN & THE DISTRACTIONS WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY BREEZE BLOCK PARK CRANFORD UP FRANKIE! ROAD TRIPTYCH MIDGET GEMS TOMMY TIERNAN: CROOKED MAN THE NIGHT PIRATES STORIES ON A SHOESTRING THE CLEAN (AS POSSIBLE) COMEDY SHOW THE MILL

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How to find us The Carriageworks is located in The Electric Press development (next to the HaHa! Bar) on Millennium Square, just off Great George Street. By car, we can be accessed on the Inner Ring Road often labelled ‘Loop Traffic’. We are just a short walk from Leeds City Train Station. The Carriageworks The Electric Press, Millennium Square, Leeds, LS2 3AD

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